Wednesday, August 10, 2022
The Lucky Jerry Lotta Quilt
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Peri-Pinkle Nine Patch Quilt
The month of July started the Country Threads 2022/23 Dirty Dozen UFO Challenge and I was busy. New to the challenge is besides a number being pulled for a UFO project, a color will also be pulled (a list of colors and the corresponding number was posted in June) and you have the option of working on a new or old project. This gives the participants a choice of working on a UFO or a new project which I thought was a great idea since there were several months that I wondered if I wanted to continue participating since I was getting tired of finishing UFOs. I also added another twist to this challenge by gathering five projects for each month corresponding to the Color which were a flimsie waiting to be quilted, a UFO project (in a block stage or less), a designer whose fabrics I’ve have in my stash and always wanted to make something with it, a fabric bundle waiting for a project and a scrap project. I have a choice each month of deciding which one of these projects I want to work on and given myself the allowance that new projects can be a flimsy finish. Number 10 and the color Pink was pulled for July and I chose to finally finish my Peri-Pinkle Nine Patch which was a flimsie I finished in 2000 or twenty-two years ago.
One of the reasons why I wanted to finally finish this quilt is because of the other name I gave it; the Granddaughter Quilt #2. The Granddaughter Quilt #1 is also on this year’s challenge list. I was working at the Quilt Shop when I purchased the fabrics for this quilt; it was during this time when other fabric companies were coming out with their own reproduction fabrics which before only Marcus Bros, Julie Rothermel was designing. The fabrics used in the Peri-Pinkle Nine Patch Quilt were from Moda (Sharon Newman), In the Beginning (Sharon Yenter) and Chanteclaire (Darlene Zimmerman). When I made this flimsie, my two sons were still in high school and middle school and thought that someday this quilt would be for a future granddaughter. Now this future granddaughter, the darling granddaughter is now five and may be ready for a big girl quilt or several big girl quilts so I thought this would be a great finish to start the Challenge. You would think this would be my oldest quilt finish but it’s not if the Granddaughter Quilt #1 is finished.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
A Happy Stripes Quilt
Thursday, June 30, 2022
French Garden Patch Quilt
I have to mention the backing which was a flimsie I made in 2007 using Sandy Gervais Baby Talk fabric and Jan Patek’s Pool Party pattern. This measured approximately 50”x70” so I added some additional strips of plaid fabric from the Sandy Gervais stash so it would be large enough for the backing. I’m thinking this is a great combo quilt for a girl, start off with the baby side and when she’s older you can flip it over to the garden patch side. Maybe the darling Granddaughter who’s becoming quite a Quilt collector would like it. Coincidentally, for the 2020/21 UFO, I ended making it a Baker Dozen Challenge since I finished 13 quilts and I guess you can say I did it again this year although I combined two flimsies together. I now have one less flimsie hanging around the studio and this is the second time I used a flimsie for a backing which is a great way to make the UFO load lighter.